This is a fan’s personal view of AFC Bournemouth from the outside looking in. It reports on the daily official activities reported by the club and comments made by individual fans on social media and fanbase websites. Life as an AFCB fan is never dull. As a life-long supporter of the Cherries, it is the friendliness of the staff, fans and my enthusiasm for the club that inspired me to write this blog.

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Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Could Wes Fogden be heading out on loan to Pompey?

There has been talk of Wes Fogden being in demand by Portsmouth FC. Eddie Howe mentioned a few days ago that he would not want the player to particularly leave the club, but that Wes may want to consider his options. I am hoping that Fogden is only thinking about a loan spell as the popular midfielder has not been able to play for the Cherries since his preseason injury encountered at Woking. The injury that day left him on crutches and he has not had a go in the Championship. Still a loan period at a club like Pompey would get him back into shape quicker than sitting on the sidelines.

Wes Fogden at Dean Court with Shaun MacDonald.

Former Chairman, Eddie Mitchell, revealed that watching Wes Fogden score a goal at Dean Court was one of his favourite moments at the club. The goal is pictured on one of the stands at the Goldsands stadium. Sorry I forget which match it was! One of you will know.Plucked from non-league football, Wes Fogden has seen AFCB's rise in recent years and played a big part in the success since his move from Havant & Waterloovile. I have admired him for his tenacity and fighting spirit, because he is not the biggest of players and yet goes into tackles with full commitment and never holds back. Fogden will have lived his dreams in getting to the Championship and it would be a real shame if he is not able to carry out a few games with AFCB, now that he has reached this level. It goes without saying that we wish him the best if he does move in this window, but I am hoping it would only be on loan to regain some match fitness. Wes is one of my favourites I guess, because he has seen the good and the some of the bad times and he is a real fighter.

BBC Radio Solent talk to Eddie Howe after a disappointing 4-1 defeat in Yorkshire

Eddie Howe speaks to BBC Radio Solent on doing the double over Stoke City

Cherries substitutions made the difference for Howe

Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe is full of praise for Joshua King and Lys Mousset, who both came off the bench to score as the Cherries came from behind to beat Stoke City 2-1 #afcb ��https://t.co/Z0ttI4azBx

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I love watching AFCB with my two sons and you'll see me at Dean Court most home games and some away ones as I am an exile, no longer living in Bournemouth. I have supported the Cherries since the late 1970s, but did not go to my first match until 1981. I am a business to business magazine journalist on an international publication. I have been a journalist since 1992 when I completed my post-graduate diploma in journalism studies at Cardiff University.